PEB ENGINEERING REVIEW
Bacolod City
BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Registered Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination
August 2024 08:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
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MATHEMATICS REFRESHER SET C
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Find the values of x and y when x and y are real numbers such that: (2x - 4) + 9i = 8 +
3yi.
a) x = 3, y = 6 b) x = 6, y = 3 c) x = -3, y = 6 d) x = -6, y = 3
2. Find the limit of [-1 raised to n][2 raised to -n] as n approaches infinity.
a) 1 b) 0 c) infinity d) indeterminate
3. Evaluate: 1² + 2² + 3² + 4² + … + n².
a) n(n + 1)(2n + 1)/6 c) n(n + 1)(2n + 3)/6
b) n(n + 1)(2n + 1)/3 d) [(n)(n + 1)/2]^2
4. Express in polar form: -3 - 4i.
a) 5e^(-i*(pi + arctan(4/3) c) (sqrt of 5)e^(-i*(pi + arctan(4/3)
b) 5e^(i*(pi + arctan (4/3) d) (sqrt of 5)e^(i*(pi + arctan(4/3)
5. There are 5 main roads between the cities A and B, and four between B and C. In how many
ways can a person drive from A and C and return, going through B on both trips, without
driving on the same road twice?
a) 120 b) 160 c) 260 d) 240
6. A club of 40 executives, 33 like to watch NBA, 20 like to watch PBA. How many like both?
a) 13 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12
7. G-numbers are generated recursively as follows: (G(0) = 0; G(1) = 1; and G(n) = 2G(n - 2)
+ G(n - 1) for n = 2, 3, 4, 5, … Determine G(5).
a) 43 b) 21 c) 5 d) 11
8. An area in the x,y-plane is bounded by the following lines: x = 0, y = 0, x + 4y = 20, and
4x + y = 20. The linear function z = 5x + 5y attains its maximum value within the bounded
area only at one of the vertices (intersections of the lines). Determine the maximum value of
z.
a) 50 b) 25 c) 40 d) 45
9. Which of the following is a prime number?
a) 247 b) 169 c) 173 d) 221
10. Find the volume of the solid of revolution formed by rotating the region bounded by the
parabola y = x² and the lines y = 0 and x = 2 about the x-axis.
a) 35π/2 b) 15π c) 20π d) 32π/5
11. In an alloy containing 30% Silver is mixed with a 55% Silver alloy to get 800 pounds of
40% alloy, how much of the 30% Silver alloy is needed?
a) 400 b) 450 c) 480 d) 420
12. Determine: L ( sinh 4t).
a) s/(s^2 + 16) b) 4/(s^2 + 16) c) 4/(s^2 - 16) d) s/(s^2 - 16)
13. Find the square root of 96 using binomial theorem.
a) 9.79796 b) 9.58584 c) 9.67673 d) 9.81817
14. The vibration frequency of a string varies as the square root of the tension and
inversely as the product of the length and diameter of the string. If a string 3 feet long
and 0.03 inch in diameter vibrates at 720 times per second under 90 pounds tension, at what
frequency will a 2 feet long, 0.025 inch string vibrate under 2,500 pounds tension?
a) 6,210 b) 5,645 c) 7,514 d) 6,831
15. Find curl of F = i(x² + yz) + j(y² + zx) + k(z² + xy).
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2xi + yj + zk d) xi - jy
16. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to a depth of 5 cm. Find the
volume of the water.
a) 655 cm³ b) 455 cm³ c) 434 cm³ d) 347 cm³
17. Given the following statistical data, determine the standard deviation: 112, 132, 144,
156, 164, 176, 183, 197.
a) 26.22 b) 30.15 c) 27.53 d) 28.84
18. Simplify: i^29 + i^21 + i.
a) 2i b) 3i c) 1 - i d) 1 + i
19. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in a line perpendicular to the major
axis is a:
a) latus rectum b) minor axis c) focal width d) major axis
20. Two currents described as I(sub 1) = 20 sin 377t and I(sub 2) = 30 cos 277t, what is the
instantaneous current at t = 0.002 sec.
a) 37.07 b) 39.08 c) 38.07 d) 35.56
21. A function is given. What value of x minimizes y?
a) -1 b) 1 c) 1/2 d) 0
22. Once a month, a man put some money into the cookie jar. Each month he puts 50 centavos
more into the jar than the month before. After 12 years, he counted his money, he had P5436.
How much money did he put in the jar in the last month?
a) P73.50 b) P72.50 c) P75.50 d) P74.50
23. If integral of f(x) dx from 1 to 7 is 4 and the integral of g(x)dx from 1 to 7 is 2,
find the integral of (3f(x) + 2g(x) + 1)dx from 1 to 7.
a) 23 b) 22 c) 25 d) 24
24. Find the point of inflection of the curve y = x^3 + 3x^2 - 1.
a) (-1, 1) b) -2, 30 c) (0, -1) d) (-3, -1)
25. An army food supply truck can carry 3 tons. A breakfast ration weighs 12 ounces, and the
other two daily meals weigh 18 ounces each. Assuming each soldier gets 3 meals per day, on a
ten-day trip, how many soldiers can be supplied by one truck?
a) 100 soldiers b) 200 soldiers c) 300 soldiers d) 150 soldiers
26. Determine the divergence of the vector: V = i(x²) + j(-xy) + k(xyz) at the point (3, 2,
1).
a) 11.00 b) 9.00 c) 7.00 d) 13.00
27. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 10.2426. Find the area of the triangle.
a) 4 b) 2 c) 4.5 d) 3
28. Determine the simplified form of [cos 2A - (cos A)²]/[cos A]².
a) (- tan² A) b) sec A c) tan A d) (- sec² A)
29. Alex is 8 years older than Cynthia. Twenty years ago, Alex was three times as old as
Cynthia. How old is Cynthia now?
a) 30 b) 24 c) 20 d) 18
30. What is the Inverse Laplace Transform of: I(s) = 100/[(s + 20)²]?
a) i(t) = 1 - 10 cos 10t c) i(t) = 100 - 10 cos 10t
b) i(t) = 1 - 0.1 sin 10t d) i(t) = 100te^-20t
31. Determine the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon.
a) 810° b) 720° c) 630° d) 540°
32. What is the magnitude of the resultant R of the vectors A, B, and C? A = 2i + 5j + 6k, B
= 4i - 2j + 16k, C = 10i - j - 8k.
a) 16i + 2j + 14k b) 21.35 c) 14j d) 453
33. Express the power (1 + i)^8 in its rectangular form.
a) 8i b) -16 c) 16 d) 8(1 - i)
34. A hyperbola has the equation of xy = 1. Determine the equation of this hyperbola if the
x,y-axis are rotated 45° counterclockwise.
a) 2.00x^2 - 2.00y^2 = 1 c) 0.25x^2 - 0.25y^2 = 1
b) 0.50x^2 - 0.50y^2 = 1 d) 1.00x^2 - 1.00y^2 = 1
35. Given the line L: 7x + 5y - 35 = 0. Determine the line M parallel to L and 7 units
distant from L. From these, determine the algebraic sum of the intercepts of M.
a) 8.65 b) 7.78 c) -7.78 d) -8.65
36. The charge in coulombs that passes through a wire after t seconds is given by the
equation Q(t) = t^3 - 2t^2 + 5t + 2. Determine the average current during the first two
seconds.
a) 8 A b) 6 A c) 5 A d) 9 A
37. Find the area bounded by the parabolas y = 6x - x^2 and y = x^2 - 2x.
a) 44/3 square units c) 74/3 square units
b) 64/3 square units d) 54/3 square units
38. A cubical box is to be built so that it holds 125 [Link]. How precisely should the edge be
made so that the volume will be correct to within 3 [Link]?
a) 0.02 b) 0.03 c) 0.01 d) 0.04
39. A rectangle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle with 10 cm sides, such that one side
of the rectangle rests on one side on the triangle. Determine the area in square centimeters
of the largest possible inscribed rectangle.
a) 22.73 b) 23.82 c) 19.48 d) 21.65
40. Find the rational number equivalent to the repeating decimal: 2.35242424…
a) 23273/9900 b) 23289/9900 c) 23264/9900 d) 23261/9900
41. If y = sqrt of (3 - 2x), find y’.
a) 1/sqrt of (3 - 2x) c) 2/sqrt of (3 - 2x)
b) -1/sqrt of (3 - 2x) d) -2/sqrt of (3 - 3x)
42. Find the curl of F = i(x² + yz) + j(y² + zx) + k(z² + xy).
a) 0 b) xi - jy c) 1 d) 2xi + yj + zk
43. A man row upstream and back in 12 hours. If the rate of the current is 1.5 kph and that
of the man in still water is 4 kph, what is the time spent downstream?
a) 1.75 hr b) 2.75 hr c) 3.75 hr d) 4.75 hr
44. Find the rectangular coordinates of (0, 180°).
a) (-1, 0) b) (1, 0) c) (0, 0) d) (1, 1)
45. Determine the Inverse Laplace Transform of: (s + a)/[(s + a)^2 + ω ^2].
a) (e^-at) cos ω t c) (e^-at) sin ωt
b) t (e^-at) cos ωt d) t sin ωt
46. Find the inequality of 1 ¿ 2 x −1<3.
a) 0 ¿ x <1 b) 1 ¿ x <2 c) 2< x <3 d) 2 ¿ x <1
47. Joseph gave 1/4 of his candies to Joy and Joy gave 1/5 of what she got to Tim. If Tim
received 2 candies, how many candies did Joseph have originally?
a) 30 b) 20 c) 50 d) 40
48. Rationalize: (4 + 3i)/(2 - i).
a) 1 + 2i b) (5 + 2i)/5 c) (11 + 10i)/5 d) 2 + 2i
49. A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a right circular cone of radius r. Find the
radius R of the cylinder if its volume is a maximum.
a) R = r/2 b) R = 2r/3 c) R = r/3 d) R = r/4
50. A ladder leans against the side of a building with its foot 12 ft from the building. How
long is the ladder if it makes an angle of 70 degrees with ground?
a) 32 ft b) 33 ft c) 34 ft d) 35 ft
51. Gravity cause a body to fall 16.1 feet in the 1st second, 48.3 feet in the 2nd second, 80.5
feet in the 3rg second, and so on. How far did the body fall during the 10th second?
a) 338.1 ft b) 305.9 ft c) 241.5 ft d) 273.7 ft
52. The line segment connecting (x, 6) and (9, y) is bisected by the point (7, 3). Find the
value of x and y.
a) 5, 0 b) 4, 0 c) 5, 2 d) 4, 1
53. An insurance policy pays 80 percent of the first P20,000 of a certain patients medical
expenses, 60 percent of the next P40,000, 40 percent of the P40,000 after that. If the
patients total medical bill is P92,000, how much will the policy pay?
a) P36,800 b) P49,600 c) P52,800 d) P73,600
54. Find the 37th term of the arithmetic sequence: 8, 11, 14, …
a) 112 b) 110 c) 116 d) 114
55. A hole of radius 2 is drilled through the axis of a sphere of radius 3. Compute the
volume of the remaining solid.
a) 26π√5/3 b) 25π√5/3 c) 40π√5/3 d) 20π√5/3
56. A hexagonal pyramid has a slant height of 4 cm and the length of each side of the basse
is 6 dm. Find the lateral area.
a) 82 cm² b) 52 cm² c) 72 cm² d) 62 cm²
57. Find the area bounded by outside the first curve and inside the second curve, r = 5 and r
= 10 sin theta.
a) 47.83 b) 34.68 c) 73.68 d) 54.26
58. Under certain conditions cane sugar with water is converted into dextrose at a rate which
is proportional to the amount unconverted at anytime. If 75 grams are converted during the
first 30 minutes, find the amount converted in 1.5 hours.
a) 20 grams b) 21.5 grams c) 19.6 grams d) 22.6 grams
59. From past experience it is known 90 percent of one-year-old children can distinguish
their mother’s voice of a similar sounding female. A random sample (20) of one year old are
given this voice recognition test. Find the probability that at least 3 children did not
recognize their mother’s voice.
a) 0.677 b) 0.729 c) 0.271 d) 0.323
60. Find equation of one of the medians of a triangle with vertices (0, 0), (6, 0) and (4,
4).
a) 2x - 5y = 4 b) 2x - y = 10 c) x + 10y = 4 d) x + 2y = 6
61. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides of 10 cm is inside
and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the area inside the larger pentagon but
outside the smaller pentagon.
a) 473.77 sq. cm. b) 430.70 sq. cm. c) 573.26 sq. cm. d) 516.14 sq. cm.
62. Given the points of a triangle A(1, 0), B(9, 2), and C(3, 6). Find the intersection at
which the median will meet.
a) (13/5, 8/5) b) (8/5, 13/5) c) (8/3, 13/8) d) (13/3, 8/3)
63. Given the curve y = 3 cos 1/2x, find the amplitude and period.
a) 3, 3π/2 b) 3, π/2 c) 3, 2π d) 3, 4π
64. What is the slope of the equation 2x - 8y - 5 = 0?
a) 4 b) -1/4 c) -4 d) 1/4
65. If coversed sin θ = 0.134, find the value of θ.
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 20°
66. Evaluate (cos 15° + sin 15°)^3.
a) √2/2 + j√2/2 b) √2/2 - j√2 c) √2 + j2 d) √2/5
67. The vertex of the parabola y^2 - 2x + 6y + 3 = 0 is at:
a) (-3, 3) b) (3, 3) c) (3, -3) d) (-3, -3)
68. If the area of a sector of a circle is 249 sq.m. and the central angle is 135 degrees.
Find the diameter of the circle.
a) 29m b) 26m c) 32m d) 39m
69. A fencing material has a limited length of 60 ft. What is the largest triangular area
that can be fenced in?
a) 164.74 sq. ft. b) 173.21 sq. ft. c) 190.53 sq. ft. d) 181.87 sq. ft.
70. The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is proportional to the product
of its design voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the transmission distance. A 115
kilovolt line rated at 1000 Amperes can transmit 150 megawatts over 150 Km. How much power,
in megawatts, can a 230 kilovolt line rated at 1500 Amperes transmit over 100 Km?
a) 785 b) 675 c) 595 d) 485
71. Write the vector of length 2 and direction 150 degrees in the form ai + bj.
a) 1.73 i + j b) -1.73 - j c) 1.73i - j d) -1.73 i + j
72. How many 6-number combinations can be generated from the numbers 1 to 42 inclusive,
without repetition and with no regard to the order of the numbers?
a) 850,668 b) 188,848,296 c) 5,245,786 d) 31,474,716
73. Solve for the particular solution of dy/dx - 3y/x = x³ if y(1) = 4.
a) y = x^4 + 3x^3 c) y = 3x^2 + x + 8
b) y = 3x^2 + 4x + 2 d) y = x^4
74. Find the maximum area of a rectangle inscribed on the curve y = (8a³)/(x² + 4a²), if the
base of a rectangle lie on the x-axis and the two vertices on the curve.
a) 2a² b) a² c) 3a² d) 4a²
75. Evaluate the integral of sin(2Θ)·cos(3Θ)·cosh (4Θ)dΘ from -π to π.
a) 0 b) 5π c) 3π d) 2π/3
76. Determine the area of the region bounded by the curve y = 9 - x² and the line x + y = 7.
a) 10/3 b) 7/6 c) 9/2 d) 7/2
77. Determine the Inverse Laplace Transform of: I(s) = 100/[(s + 20)²].
a) i(t) = 1 - 0.1 sin 10t c) i(t) = 100 - 10 cos 10t
b) i(t) = 100te^-20t d) i(t) = 1 - 10 cos 10t
78. A line passes through (1, -3) and (-4, 2). Write the equation of the line in slope-
intercept form.
a) y = -x - 2 b) y - 2 = x c) y = x - 4 d) y - 4 = x
79. 1 grad is how many mils?
a) 16 b) 64 c) 32 d) 4
80. The differential equation whose general solution is y = C(x square) + 1.
a) xy’ = 2(y - 1) b) x’ = 2(y - 1) c) x = y’ - 1 d) xy’ = 2(1 - y)
81. A chord is 36 cm long and its midpoint is 36 cm from the midpoint of the longer arc. Find
the area of the circle.
a) 1598 cm² b) 1595 cm² c) 1590 cm² d) 1593 cm²
82. A man on wharf (pier) is pulling a rope tied to a raft at a time rate of 0.60 m/sec, if
the hands of the man pulling the rope are 3.66 m above the level of the water, how fast is
the raft approaching the wharf when there are 6.10 m of the rope out?
a) -0.55 m/sec b) -0.65 m/sec c) -0.45 m/sec d) 0.75 m/sec
83. Evaluate: ln (3 + j4).
a) 1.95 + j0.11 b) 1.77 + j0.84 c) 1.46 + j0.10 d) 1.61 + j0.93
84. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x² - 5x + 6, the x-axis, and the vertical
lines x = 0 and x = 4.
a) 19/6 b) 14/3 c) 17/3 d) 16/3
85. Jones can paint a car in 8 hours. Smith can paint the same car in 6 hours. They start to
paint the car together. After 2 hours, Jones leaves for lunch and Smith finishes painting the
car alone. How long does it take Smith to finish?
a) 3.5 hours b) 4.5 hours c) 2.5 hours d) 5.5 hours
86. Find the area bounded by the parabola sqrt of x + sqrt of y = sqrt of a and the line x +
y = a.
a) a^2 b) a^2/2 c) a^2/3 d) a^2/4
87. What is the sum of the interior angles of a 15-sided regular polygon?
a) 2620 b) 2480 c) 2560 d) 2340
88. A store manages wishes to reduce the price on her fresh ground coffee by mixing two
grades. If she has 50 pounds of coffee which sells for $10 per pound, how much coffee worth
$6 per pound must she mix with it so that she can sell the final mixture for $8.50 per pound?
a) 40 pounds b) 35 pounds c) 30 pounds d) 25 pounds
89. The cost of fuel in running a locomotive is proportional to the square of the speed and
is P25 per hour for a speed of 25 miles per hour. Other costs amount to P100 per hour,
regardless of the speed. What speed will make the cost per mile a minimum?
a) 50 b) 55 c) 45 d) 40
90. Two men running at constant speeds along a circular track 1350 meters in circumference.
Running in opposite directions, they meet each other every 3 minutes. Running in the same
direction, they come abreast every 27 minutes. Determine the speed of the faster man, in
kilometers per hour.
a) 12 b) 21 c) 15 d) 18
91. A wire is shaped to form a rectangle 15 cm in length, the rectangle has an area of 150
cm². Then reshaped to form a square, what is the area of the square?
a) 152.65 b) 156.25 c) 165.25 d) 168.45
92. 4 + 8i is in what form?
a) rectangular form c) polar form
b) logarithmic form d) exponential form
93. A long piece of galvanized iron 60 cm wide is to be made into a trough by bending up two
sides. Find the width of the base if the carrying capacity is maximum.
a) 50 b) 39 c) 40 d) 20
94. If e^2x - e^x + 2 = 0, find x.
a) ln 4 b) ln3 c) ln 2 d) no solution
95. Determine the magnitude of the vector cross-product: (10 @ 90°) x (10 @ 180°).
a) 90 b) 80 c) 70.6 d) 100
96. A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one(1) is known as:
a) a parabola b) an ellipse c) a circle d) a hyperbola
97. Express the power (1 + i)^8 in rectangular form.
a) 8(1 - i) b) -16 c) 8i d) 16
98. Determine the value B such that 3x + 2y - 7 = 0 is perpendicular to 2x - By + 2 = 0.
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
99. Two vertices of a rectangle are on the positive x-axis. The other two vertices are on the
lines y = 4x and y = -5x + 6. What is the maximum possible area of the rectangle?
a) 2/5 b) 5/2 c) 5/4 d) 4/5
100. Express the quotient (1 - 2i)/(1 + 2i) in rectangular form.
a) 0.6 - 0.8i b) -0.6 - 0.8i c) 0.6 + 0.8i d) -0.6 + 0.8i
